Is 16427897 a prime number?
It is possible to find out using mathematical methods whether a given integer is a prime number or not.
Yes, 16 427 897 is a prime number.
Indeed, the definition of a prime numbers is to have exactly two distinct positive divisors, 1 and itself. A number is a divisor of another number when the remainder of Euclid’s division of the second one by the first one is zero. Concerning the number 16 427 897, the only two divisors are 1 and 16 427 897. Therefore 16 427 897 is a prime number.
As a consequence, 16 427 897 is only a multiple of 1 and 16 427 897.
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Since 16427897 is a prime number, 16427897 is also a deficient number, that is to say 16427897 is a natural integer that is strictly larger than the sum of its proper divisors, i.e., the divisors of 16427897 without 16427897 itself (that is 1, by definition!).